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[Malaysia] Startups Unite To Form Launchpad, An Intern Matching Platform

YoungUpstarts

The startup scenes in Southeast Asia – Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, among others – have been thriving, attracting scores of students and young graduates who want to be part of their local startup movement. And many of these startups, some flush with cash and others eyeing international expansion, are hiring.

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Paul Herdsman Of NICE Global: The Benefits Of Utilizing Nearshore Outsourcing For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

Put simply, offshore outsourcing means hiring a company to perform a service from a different part of the world. Usually, these offshore suppliers are in Asia, (India, Afghanistan, Malaysia, China, Vietnam and the Philippines), Eastern Europe (Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Armenia), or Africa (Morocco, Kenya and South Africa).

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Is America’s Corporate Culture In The Dark Ages?

YoungUpstarts

Within the next few years, Mustang added offices in Melbourne and Perth, Australia; Mumbai, India; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Bogota, Colombia; Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia; and Norway. Smart hiring practices make a difference. Our first was in Woking, England, about 30 miles southwest of London, and it grew to about 450 people.

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5 Mistakes We Made While Growing A Startup In Southeast Asia

YoungUpstarts

Also, in Southeast Asia the Islam is the dominant religion in most countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia which means that a lot of your Southeast Asian team members may not consume alcohol. Upon realising this, it definitely helped to speed up the hiring process and we now work with a multicultural team of 14.

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Can A Startup Do OffShore Development? Part 2

prosperati.com

Hiring Of all the issues we ran into when we first built our team, hiring was the most critical. By and large, a lot of it were macro challenges that Malaysia itself faced. So when you first start building your team, the most important hire should be your lead architect. Now on to more operational considerations.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

For us, the opportunity is not about taking market share from other players, it’s really about expanding the awareness of online work and hiring these virtual global teams as an alternative to traditional way of recruiting or building a company,” he said. That’s where the Private Workplace comes in.

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2 Reasons Why This is the Best Holiday Season Ever

Growthink Blog

The shedding process will be different for each of us - some of us like to read inspirational business books, or meditate, or exercise, or group brainstorm, or hire an advisor to help us work through it. ViewQwest launched in Malaysia in Q3 2016 with Indonesia next in line. PayCertify (fintech), secured $700k in seed funding.